Living next to Dog Kennels ?

No, don't, it would be HELL 🐩

I wouldn’t touch it with a barge pole and I love dogs . I’ve been woken up at stupid o’clock every day this week by a dog barking in a nearby garden .

Honestly not a chance! My NDN has a barking dog and it makes me shudder. Awful intrusive noise.

Aside from the obvious potential issues, I'd wonder what the implications for mortgage and insurance purposes.

There is often different treatment when connected to a commercial business

I don't have an issue with dogs, and I understand dog kennels are required as much as rescues are but I wouldn't want to live next door to one! You may find a high proportion of the dogs don't bark endlessly but some might. Also you need to think, you are questioning if it's a good idea to buy, if you did buy it and came to sell further down the line, potential buyers will be asking themselves the same question as you are now!! You may find it difficult to sell in the future, and you may not get a decent price either. There's a reason why the house is cheaper, and is still on the market (although I appreciate the market is slow at the moment), and it's the kennels!

Is it doggy day care or is it boarding kennels?

I think doggy day care may be worse - my friend has one and she has loads of dogs every day all playing together in her garden so the dogs are all barking at each other whilst playing.
And there is the daily pickup/drop off situation.
Boarding kennels might not be so bad with digs in individual runs mist if the time.

Check planning records etc to see what they are actually licensed for - hours of operation, number of dogs etc.

I like dogs and having dogs around. I would definitely not choose to live alongside kennels. Don't do it. The noise will drive you nuts.

If this is a huge step down from your family home. that must be amazing.

J live in a very expensive area, so I know how difficult if us. However if I had £635 cash to spend I wouldn't buy that. It will be so difficult to sell in the future st that kind of price.

stop comparing it to your family home & just see what nicer place you can buy fir ffs money you have (which isn't inconsiderable)

Ooh where is it? Dd wants to work in a kennels and can't drive yet. I could buy it and she could work next door. Perfect!!

We live around a quarter of a mile away from a large dog kennels and the barking can be any time day or night. When one starts they all join in. No too bad if the wind is blowing the other way and not noticeable so much from inside the house at the front, but quite annoying disturbing the peace of the garden and sometimes will wake us up in the middle of the night if we’ve left windows slightly open. The barking certainly isn’t just at drop off or pick up times! That’s a quarter of a mile away - I can’t imagine how bad it would be to actually live next to it!

I would and it wouldn’t bother me. But then I have multiple dogs so I don’t really notice barking 🤣🤣I would honestly rather hear dogs bark than I would screaming children or have balls kicked against my fence.
And I get what you are saying about going to listen but different dogs will be different. Some will bark, some won’t, so I think you need to decide if you can live with barking dogs. And you do need to consider resale, but if you aren’t planning on moving for a long time? It might be worth it for the space you get.

I don’t think the barking would actually bother me, but I would be worried about selling again if you needed to at some time in the future

It’s been on the market a long time. If you ever need to sell, it could prove difficult. On that basis alone I’d say no.

Don't invest every penny you have in a property that you already know has a problem.
You need to be super vigilant as a cash buyer. You don't have a mortgage company's view of what is mortgable

Don’t do it OP. Apart from being driven mad by the noise, you will never be able to sell it when you want to move

Can you go one day in the week (again, but a different time), maybe in the evening?). You coukd just sit in your car, you don't need to go back in the house.

Did it smell? That would bother me more than the barking.

How much cheaper is it than other properties? Are they desperate to sell?
You could buy a house elsewhere and still have dogs kicking off next door.
Personally I’d consider it, at the right price, but I have the radio on most of the day anyway. Good double glazing is a must have though.

No way.

TBH I’d think twice if I knew a prospective next door neighbour kept dogs, let alone being next to kennels.

I have licensed kennels. The dogs bark when someone knocks the door. They bark when it's breakfast and dinner time. The rest of the time you wouldn't know there were any dogs on the premises. I'd happily live next to my family.

Aaah I was wondering how they'd got planning permission for a kennels when it's semi-detached. That makes sense if it is their property.

I wouldn't no - I've volunteered at a kennels and it is noisy. There's a reason most tend to be out on their own away from other properties. All the problem's they're having selling will become yours if you buy it and want to sell in the future. I really wouldn't even consider it. Sorry.

I've worked in an office near a boarding kennels. The dogs barked literally all day every day.

If it's weekday only doggy day-care, it could be OK as you can then be reasonably sure of peace in the evenings and at weekends. If it's a boarding kennels, I wouldn't touch that house with a barge-pole. The noise is very hard to filter out and we were a lot further away than next door.